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Court Rejects EPA Rule that Deferred Carbon Standards for Biomass Industry
Court Rejects EPA Rule that Deferred Carbon Standards for Biomass Industry – by Jeremy P. Jacobs and Jean Chemnick, July 12, 2013. Source: Environment and Energy Daily A three-judge panel scrapped a U.S. EPA rule today that had given biomass-burning facilities a pass on compliance with federal greenhouse gas emission standards. The U.S. Court of Appeals for…
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Biomass Opponents Take on Congress
Biomass Opponents Take on Congress Eighty-five organizations from twenty-six states (and counting) have signed on to a letter to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, insisting that the Senator protect Americans from harmful air pollution by ending his support for biomass incineration. The letter, written by…
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Amidst Opposition, a Conference and Industry in Crisis
Amidst Opposition, a Conference and Industry in Crisis – by Will Bennington, Global Justice Ecology Project (Photo: Orin Langelle/photolangelle.org) Hundreds of activists descended upon Asheville, North Carolina in May for a week of major protests at the international bi-annual Tree Biotechnology conference. The conference, hosted by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), is a major…
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